New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[MPx]

Excellent work! The one minute is hard because it's almost a dead sprint the whole way.

Thanks Keith. Yep, although like every length when you're tickling a PB its by definition as fast as you can go. The joy of sprints for me is that the pain is over sooner! Got my certificate from C2 today - another nice reminder.

[DghSpanishWelsh]

First workout of 2025, having been off the skierg over the Christmas break (and some asthma problems too), surprised to see what was expected to be a steady 30 mins skiing turn into a 200m PB - up to 6,813m Also above the 50th percentile mark, above the average distance for my age, and in the top half of the rankings

Just gotta do something about the belly now...

[Dangerscouse]

First workout of 2025, having been off the skierg over the Christmas break (and some asthma problems too), surprised to see what was expected to be a steady 30 mins skiing turn into a 200m PB - up to 6,813m Also above the 50th percentile mark, above the average distance for my age, and in the top half of the rankings

Just gotta do something about the belly now...

That's a big increase especially with so much time off

[DghSpanishWelsh]

First workout of 2025, having been off the skierg over the Christmas break (and some asthma problems too), surprised to see what was expected to be a steady 30 mins skiing turn into a 200m PB - up to 6,813m Also above the 50th percentile mark, above the average distance for my age, and in the top half of the rankings

Just gotta do something about the belly now...

That's a big increase especially with so much time off

Yep, I was surprised.

I was away from home over the Christmas period, just did a couple of runs and some strength training. Am wondering whether I might be over-training, aerobic-wise (whether interval or steady-state) and need to incorporate more lighter days.

[ahooton]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Please see link below and thanks in advance for any donations.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/anthony ... _source=CL

[Dangerscouse]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Great cause Anthony.

[Dangerscouse]

Am wondering whether I might be over-training, aerobic-wise (whether interval or steady-state) and need to incorporate more lighter days.

It's possible, but to be pedantic, it's an issue of under recovery, not overtraining

I'd give it a go and see what happens, as one person's diet is another's indigestion, but you should intuitively know what feels right fairly quickly

[ahooton]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Great cause Anthony.

Thank you Stu, and don’t worry, I’m a long way off your PB! Sascha on the other hand might eclipse it!

[putridp]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Please see link below and thanks in advance for any donations.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/anthony ... _source=CL

My dad thinks I'm going to have a heart attack whenever he sees me doing intervals. I don't think he's right, but I thought I would donate just in case Good Luck!

[ahooton]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Please see link below and thanks in advance for any donations.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/anthony ... _source=CL

My dad thinks I'm going to have a heart attack whenever he sees me doing intervals. I don't think he's right, but I thought I would donate just in case Good Luck!

Very wise, thanks Ed. Are you partaking in Head of Nene next month?

[putridp]

Hi all.

As mentioned I will be competing in the Hamburg ergo marathon in March. I thought I’d use the opportunity to raise some money for British Heart Foundation.

Please see link below and thanks in advance for any donations.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/anthony ... _source=CL

My dad thinks I'm going to have a heart attack whenever he sees me doing intervals. I don't think he's right, but I thought I would donate just in case Good Luck!

Very wise, thanks Ed. Are you partaking in Head of Nene next month?

I plan to, yes - in a single. I'm looking forward to burying myself

[ahooton]

My dad thinks I'm going to have a heart attack whenever he sees me doing intervals. I don't think he's right, but I thought I would donate just in case Good Luck!

Very wise, thanks Ed. Are you partaking in Head of Nene next month?

I plan to, yes - in a single. I'm looking forward to burying myself

Fantastic. I’ll see you there. I’m in a double for the div 1 race the. 4+ for division 2

[Dangerscouse]

Thank you Stu, and don’t worry, I’m a long way off your PB! Sascha on the other hand might eclipse it!

FWIW, I think my first PB was similar to yours and I then just chipped and chipped, so don't underestimate what you're capable of. I never considered a sub 2:45 result would have been possible until I did it.

I've got no idea of what the audience effect might be like in these circumstances, but it could very well be quite a lot, but then again, so could adrenaline. You'll need to rely on a good racing plan until you're close enough to (hopefully) start ramping it up.

[alex9026]

1:24.4 500m 1:24.4 582 2303 45
0:16.6 100m 1:23.0 612 2406 51
0:16.5 200m 1:22.5 623 2445 44
0:16.6 300m 1:23.0 612 2406 47
0:17.1 400m 1:25.5 560 2227 42
0:17.6 500m 1:28.0 514 2067 44

Granted my current pb was some low hanging fruit, but I'll take this as a platform moving forward. I need to work on my first pull, it was a 2:00 split, leaves me so much work to do.

[Sakly]

1:24.4 500m 1:24.4 582 2303 45
0:16.6 100m 1:23.0 612 2406 51
0:16.5 200m 1:22.5 623 2445 44
0:16.6 300m 1:23.0 612 2406 47
0:17.1 400m 1:25.5 560 2227 42
0:17.6 500m 1:28.0 514 2067 44

Granted my current pb was some low hanging fruit, but I'll take this as a platform moving forward. I need to work on my first pull, it was a 2:00 split, leaves me so much work to do.

Great PB anyway, Alex!
But agreed, 2:00 first pull is a bit weak, I bet even I can pull stronger and I'm really weak at starts and sprints